Template:Did you know nominations/Henry T. Lynch

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 08:03, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Henry T. Lynch, Aldred Scott Warthin[edit]

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... that cancer researcher Henry T. Lynch, whose research helped to establish that some cancers have a genetic basis, earlier fought as a professional boxer under the nickname "Hammerin' Hank"?

alt1: ... that cancer researcher Henry T. Lynch, described as the "father of cancer genetics," once fought as a professional boxer under the nickname "Hammerin' Hank"?

On second thought, let's make it a double:

alt2 ... that although cancer researcher Henry T. Lynch has been described as "the father of cancer genetics," he said that distinction should go to pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin?

Reviewed: James Parker (publisher) and A. W. Piper

Created by MelanieN (talk). Self nominated at 02:22, 27 November 2013 (UTC).

Although length, newness and hooks are verified, I am concerned about the lack of references following the statement: He later played an important part in the identification of specific genes responsible for familial cancers, such as BRAC1 and BRAC2. which is not followed by any citations. I checked some of the citations but I cannot find the reference for BRAC1 and 2. ~~Also the statement In 1984 he established the Hereditary Cancer Prevention Clinic at Creighton,... is not supported by ref [6]~~. There are also paragraphs which although can be verified by the references provided don't have any citations. This should be fixed. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 01:54, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I'll get to work on it tomorrow. (It's kind of late here tonight.) --MelanieN (talk) 03:32, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Melanie. No problem. Good work by the way. Best regards. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 03:57, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

OK, done. Thanks for prodding me to document these items; it enabled me to find a couple of mistakes (for example I had BRAC1 instead of BRCA1). --MelanieN (talk) 16:35, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

. Good to go then. Thank you very much Melanie for your great work and kind words. I also realised that the 1984 date was indeed supported by ref [6] so I struck my comment above. All the best. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 19:08, 4 December 2013 (UTC)